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FPA Honors Both Flexible & Flashy

(Magazine)

February 28, 2002, ... foam packaging. Its patented internal heat barrier technology uses layers of reflective barrier film heat sealed into proprietary geometry. Inflated with either air or an inert gas, this structure forms ...

Through Thick and Thin, Gauging Controls Perform for You

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February 28, 2002, ... Ehntholt, as the majority of suppliers move toward nonproprietary, PC-based platforms. “It's improved all of our abilities to provide the customer with a lot more graphical and digital information from ...

FFTA Targets Better Box Print

(News | New Products)

February 04, 2002, "There are major changes in store for the flexographic corrugated industry [this year] and beyond." That's according to the Foundation of the Flexographic Technical Assn. (FFTA), and that's what members ...

Converting Industry News

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January 31, 2002, ...  The new company, which will be designated MeadWestvaco Corp., reportedly will have $8 billion in annual revenues; profitable growth platforms in the company's four core businesses; and a strong balance ...

International Converting Industry News

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January 31, 2002, ... Forms New Div. for South, Latin America NEUWIED, GERMANY —Lohmann Corp. announces the formation of a new division to address business opportunities in South and Latin America. The new group will be ...

Reclosability & Flex-Packs

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January 31, 2002, ... other to engage, plus a wide interior base, so the zipper locks even when particles enter the track. New zipper styles and forms are being developed rapidly. These include powder-proof, variable alignment, ...

Harper Reports "Breakthrough" Anilox Technolog

(News | New Products)

January 13, 2002, ... bottoms," reports Harper Corp., "Platinum technology forms smoother cavities, which provides easier cleaning, better ink release, higher ink densities, and smoother lay downs. The Platinum cell walls also ...

What's New in Narrow We

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December 31, 2001, ... designed for customized coloring of a wide variety of white paper stocks used for tinted business forms, file folders, labels, and envelopes. Inks reportedly offer extended shelf life and fast, easy press ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Archive)

December 30, 2001, ... plan to attend the PLACE Conference in Boston in September 2002. Comments from the survey forms indicated that attendees especially appreciated the three-day format of the meeting, the New Technology ...

CIP4 Releases JDF Developer ToolKit

(News | New Products)

December 19, 2001, ... adds Mekis. The Schema can be downloaded at no cost and is available at cip4.org/Schema/JDF_1.xsd. CIP4 says the Schema conforms to the W3C schema recommendation (as described in the W3C XML schema ...

Reporter Clips

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November 30, 2001, ... that comes through the flexographic ink and creates a subtle finish that looks really sophisticated.” TLMI Meeting Informs and Boosts Spirits SCOTTSDALE, AZ, USA—A southwestern setting was the backdrop ...

Products

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... fast calculation of different nip roller equations for Palm-based platforms. Software allows engineers to perform the following web-oriented calculations: crown correction; cover deflection; crown of roll ...

Italian Industry Associations Cover Converting News

(News | New Products)

November 15, 2001, ... portal for the mechanical industry www.Mecmarket.com, which will provide the companies that are part of the two associations with their own B2B technological platforms. Events MEDPACK 2001—Naples, ...

Products

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October 31, 2001, ... 56 proof pages unattended as well as industry's largest halftone proofs, according to mfr. Die-Cutter Embosses, Debosses, and MoreContech, Goddard, KS; 800/961-6449; contech-usa.com UltraPress performs ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

October 31, 2001, ... forms. Made of nickel-plated stainless steel wire mesh, stencil is said to offer quality, coverage, precision of detail, color intensity, and efficiency. Reportedly brings trouble-free printing at an excellent ...

Crosslinking Agents Can Improve Physical Properties

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... are complexes formed between titanium and electron donors. The mechanism of the crosslinking is not well defined, but it is thought the divalent titanium forms reaction products with carboxylic acid groups. ...

Many New Players Join India's Flex-Pack Boo

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September 30, 2001, ... packages. The rapid expansion of the Indian flex-pack market has accelerated due to the conversion of the more traditional rigid packaging into flexible forms and a favorable government tax structure. ...

FREE Mark Andy/Comco Flexo FeastWhere Flexo Printers Can Gobble Up Ideas

(News | New Products)

September 30, 2001, ... and productivity comparisons for multi-substrate printing platforms versus dedicated application presses; and an "Ask the Experts" user panel of printers and converters employing multi-substrate platforms. ...

Sierra Story Is a Saga of Changing Times

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... proven to be a risk well taken. Sierra's beginnings go back to its parent company, Shade/Allied Inc., an established, $150 million-plus manufacturer of business forms. In April 1995 Shade/Allied decided ...

Making Choices for Coating with a Laminating Adhesive

(Magazine)

September 30, 2001, ... The first consideration in selecting the substrate to coat concerns the adhesive being used. Laminating adhesives come in a variety of types that can have different forms. They can be aqueous systems; ...